How many of you have visited Fair Close Centre in Newbury? When that question was asked last week at the conference I hosted on Loneliness and Isolation, only a fraction of the eighty people attending raised their hands. Which, surprisingly, was a result for Fair [Read More]

It is a fast moving picture as we near the vote on the Government’s withdrawal agreement and it is a good time to let you know where I stand. I supported the decision to hold a referendum on whether or not Britain should be a [Read More]

Loneliness and isolation affect a shocking number of people across the UK. It does not discriminate by age, geography or status and at no time of the year does it become more acute than at Christmas. When Community Christmas was set up in 2011 by [Read More]